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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
I keep finding maps running in my running apps list and it is always in my battery list. I have never used it and keep force stopping it but it keeps restarting itself. Is there a reason to this and can I stop it?

Thanks.

PS. I am a newbie coming from iPhone 3gs, this is my first android phone so am new to it all. Sorry to ask so many questions!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
I charged phone to max before I want to bed and then took off charge. This morning after 8 hours, down to 90% battery and maps had used 50% of battery! What's going on!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Don't worry about it. You're spending more time/battery trying to kill it and worry about it than its using by just doing its thing in the background.

Just open the maps app and make sure its not doing anything funny. If its not having issues then just leave it.

Dropping 10% over an 8 hour period over night is completely normal. The only reason why maps was 50% of the battery consumed is that the screen was not on and the rest of the system wasn't doing anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
I know what your saying but over 16 hours that's 10% of my battery wasted on nothing that I ever use and phone keeps running out so I want that 10% back!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] go2mo2:
I can see where you're coming from mate, its not acceptable. Have you tried going into manage apps and clearing data for Google maps, then if that doesn't work you can uninstall updates from the same page, go to android market and update the maps app. If all else fails you can try a factory data reset from the backup and restore menu option. Hope this helps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] go2mo2:
actually, are you seeing maps running when you go to settings then applications then use the running tab?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
It not showing under running apps, nothing mentions apps but there was something under Google services called locations and I have force stopped that so will see what happens. Maybe a update will sort this. I have turned off all location services and GPS but when on browser it still knows where I am when I do searches so I think the browser is triggering something to restart! Hope that makes sense!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xtrawise:
Under Settings/Apps/Running I see Maps running constantly for NetworkLocationServices. Can't be killed and turning off all location services doesn't help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] go2mo2:
have you turned off location in the browsers settings? its in the privacy and security tab.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skanj:
I found this tobe the culprit to why maps took up so much battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
I have disabled this so fingers crossed! Looks good so far, thanks very much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xtrawise:
Thanks go2mo2, that change plus a reboot got rid of it. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] go2mo2:
No problems mate
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
Still having problems with this, disabled everything I can think of. I just want to uninstall maps as I never use it but I can't.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MysteriousDiary:
Maybe Google Latitude is turned on in the Maps Settings?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
I'm wondering if its Facebook keeps activating it as that also keeps starting in apps and I can't turn it off as cannot access any options in ics.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotinho:
Hello friends, how are you?

I'm from Portugal, and i have one nice strek 5 working great.

But i have another two, that don't boot, it stuck on delll Logo.

i think another my friends try to root or update, and fail.

it don't make any fast boot or streak mod.

so i disassemble to read its sd card.

because i'm using windows, so i install DiskInternalls Linux Reader to have acess to sd card files.

When mounted, its show two volumes, "Linux Ext Volume 1" and "Linux Ext Volume 2"

the firs one have 244 Mbs, and the other one have 1.65Gb

the small one have two folders, lost+found, recovery and a lot of jpeg files in root folder.

the second one, that have 1.65Gb, have a lot od folders and semms a lot of a zipped rom image.

Its possible just decompress and copy to the volume?

Thanks
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordmorphous:
If you format the card and put it back in the streak, it should set it up automatically. However, you will lose anything on it this way.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotinho:
Ok. i will try..

but, it don't need to write some data in "boot area" ?

I'm asking that, becouse i download 3 roms, all ziped, but easy to see files, i also download streak mod, and has only one img file, it can't be unzipped..

my firts idea, was copy streak boot files, to card, but i can't acess it..
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordmorphous:
My assumption, and it is only an assumption, is there is some sort of actual rom memory on the phone that holds the lowest levels of the operating system. Maybe fastboot and the recovery menu, but not recovery itself. The rom actually resides on the internal sd card. When I put in my freshly formatted sd card, I simply rebooted the phone and I don't remember if it was automatic, or I had to confirm it, but the streak partitioned/formatted/whatever the internal sd card itself. I then flashed a recovery and a rom.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dotinho:
Hello.

like you said, i have insert a new sd card, but formated in FAT, i think thats the problem.

I try to load Linux Live CD, and format in ext2/3.

or try to copy rom directly file to sd card.

You think might work?

***EDIT***

I have format the card, and i have inserted into sreak and turn it on..

How much time is preparing the new card ?

and how i know that is ready to reboot?

thanks
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvin02:
I have created an image of my inner SD Card right after a factory reset.

Download Here

I created this using Clonezilla, you should be able to use Clonezilla to restore it. It is an image of the entire sd card. You need to unzip the downloaded file to use it.

Note: I am running DSC_Rom, which is Gingerbread based. I don't think it makes a difference.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slav_pu6:
cannot start clonezilla iso
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvin02:
You burn the .iso file to a cd and boot it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mightyillidan:
hay guyz okay iam asking about our device complatibilty with the fm transmitir for the car radios

okay the story is simple 2day we were 3 friends in the car we used to play the music from our phones through the 3.5 mm cable but it was like cut so my friend got out his nokia n8 and trans mitted the music through the fm transmitir okay i was like a bit jelaous any way i was asking is there any way to work fam transmision on our gs2 global version i dont think the best phone in da world that has an fm radio would be without that feauture maybe just samsung didnot include it in the software so maybe one of our clever devs would be able to create that feauture

thx in adavance :):)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mavogler:
yeah i love this nokia feature :s miss it since my old n97, i would be nice to have it on our S2's :D , but i think it is hardware limited to do it..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mightyillidan:
just found this in old thread wish its true
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
On the chip, no software or firmware. And we don't know if its wired to anything, or if the pins for the transmitter are just grounded
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mightyillidan:
for software android is open source we can it to work any one has news on the hardware
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ChadBFlores:
Hey is anyone getting a no signal message when using the stock Web app.. It shows that but i can still access the internet via dolphin browser? Fix?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] camalus:
Works fine here.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ChadBFlores:
haha glitch i rebooted it
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] MrPapito429:
Anyone think that since GB source code was released, if someone can use it to port ics like, the nexus did
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Somairotevoli:
Face palm
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] MrPapito429:
Lol,sry for the stupid question
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Somairotevoli:
Its a valid question, just one that gets asked almost daily now, sometimes twice a day, lol.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khar00f:
Good day everyone,

I'm stuck in a predicament and looking for some assistance into taking a decision.

- I want to buy my wife a 7" Tablet, she will use it for reading on the train and such but also internet browsing at home and media use.

- screen has to be good, now my issue is that there's so many out there and I have a limited budget, max 300$.

- With so many tablets out it's getting harder and harder to chose, (A100, A1, B&T Tablet, Kindle Fire, Galaxy Tab 7+

now I've been reading a lot about them and they're all good choices, but there's a always a little something that keeps me from choosing a clear winner.

Also to note I'm looking for a tablet that can offer the full android experience (market, launchers), I've included Kindle fire and Nook Tablet because I'm looking at the possibility of flashing roms on them unlock their full potential.

Preferred Specs:

RAM: 1GB RAM

Storage: At least 16GB otherwise uSD slot

Processor: Dual-Core

OS: Eventually support ICS with HA, the thing about HA is that apparently Nook Tablet might not support it because the kernel ver. is too low and doesn't support HA. I don't know if that's a software issue or hardware limitation.

The only one that doesn't fit the profile is the Galaxy Tab as it's 400$, otherwise i'd be the number 1 choice hands down, this thread wouldn't exist if that was the case.

A100: Issues are mainly battery life, not much Dev, support. (Official ICS dunno about HA)

Kindle Fire: 8GB storage, no expansion, ROMS TBD

Nook Tablet: Locked Bootloader, ROMS TBD (Older Kernel, no HA for ICS TBD)

Lenovo A1: Low RAM, Old processor (thinking ICS w/ HA)

Any1 can shed some additional info that can help assist me into finally picking the right tab.

Thank you in advance

Rodi
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khar00f:
bump for new section
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GazaIan:
I always narrow down to low priced tablets, which leave you with the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet. The Kindle Fire is, for some bloody reason, powered by Froyo so I kill that and suggest the Nook Tab.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FadeFx:
I'd suggest to take the Vizio Vtab1008 into account, it has only a single core CPU 1ghz 512mb ram and is 8'' but its a very nice device with a good display and it costs ~200$ only

And it sports a nice it blaster to use it as a nice universal remote for home entertainment...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kojaraty:
I want to know if there is a way i can have paid apps and actually can purchase app using Android Market in my Nexus,

as you can know google Market is not in every country which you can purchase apps.

In my Galaxy S i used to have the old Market (2.2) which after rooting you can use the Market Enabler app to trick your phone into being in US and actually purchase apps,

Is there a way i can do this my Nexus??

It is silly how we are chasing people on buying their products :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blunden:
A similar technique should work fine still. The Market app just checks region of your sim card to determine if you should see them. That way they allow people from countries where paid apps are available to buy apps even if they are in a country where it usually isn't.

The values from your sim gets read at every boot and are stored as system properties. The way Market Enabler and MarketAccess work is by changing that cached value to MCC and MNC values of an allowed region. They might also adjust the Market cache to reflect the same change but in essence, that's how it works.

The above has not changed as far as I know and there is no reason for Google to change it either. They still make money on every sale. It's not Google who are purposefully blocking it but rather some issue of taxes or something similar.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kojaraty:
The problem is with the new version of the Market (3.0 and above) it can let you view the paid apps but it wont let you purchase them, in my Galaxy S i used to uninstall the update of the Market so that i can use the old version of the Market and actually purchase apps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blunden:
You are right it seems. I haven't used those kind of apps for a long time and it seems they haven't been updated for a long time either. There is an issue in the issue tracker about it

You can find an open source version here if you want to be able to mess around with the code for one.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] AuPt:
Just signed up Hulu plus and downloaded the app. Sadly every time the ad buffering goes on endlessly. searched the forum, find same question but no answer. I'm on stock gingerbread, unlocked and rooted. have already uninstalled adfree and rebooted. any help will be appreciated.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] parsa5:
That usually has to do with with ad host blocking being on or enabled. I encountered the same problem but was able to solve it by running adfree and clicking revert. Since you said you have done this, id try and reflash the phone.
[Atrix 4G Themes and Apps] leoolo:
what i did and it worked for me is revert add free block and uninstall and remove flash updates and install them again and install addfree again and revert again and it started working normally, it might look unnecessary to do all that but it worked for me
[HTC EVO 3D] gmelchert:
Dont know if this has been covered or if its just my phone but on the past 3 roms (all different base and different kernels) i get a "ghost touch" on the upper middle part of my screen, screwing up touch detection. It goes away most of the time when i lock and unlock the phone which makes me think its a software problem but after 3 full wipes to different roms? Idk.. is this happening to anyone else?
[HTC EVO 3D] Sad Panda:
It is most likely a bad digitizer. A few members have reported that after taking it to sprint to replace it did not fix their problem. However, I am lead to believe that they were told by a lazy tech that it was fixed and replaced and wasn't or there is a problem with the input port on their motherboard. That is a far less likely though. Software issues are improbable, specially with only one region having a problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] gmelchert:
Good point. Yeah it started randomly but the fact that it only happens sometimes... Idk ill take it in
[HTC EVO 3D] theboz1419:
Ummm I watched my lazy tech change out the screen with another screen and it did not fix the problem. It did make the problem in a smaller part of the top rightside of the screen. The old screen the top inch of th escreen had a digitize problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] ricocollege:
i had the same issue and it just got worse as time went on, until the screen started having dead spots. In the end, it needed to be fully replaced.

Sent from my EVO 3D
[HTC EVO 3D] Sad Panda:
That seems so strange to me, if a digitizer is replaced there isn't anything left but the ribbon cable between digitizer and motherboard, the input port on the board, or a problem with the io system. The ribbon cable is not removable at the digitizer side, so it would be new with a new digitizer. so that leaves the board itself. With how many people are reporting a digitizer swap not fixing the problem, there has to be a flaw with the design of the board or the manufacturing process. Too many people have the same problem, and with the board being a piece that never comes into contact with the outside environment that is the only thing I can conceive of, parts just don't go bad on their own. Either a voltage problem, a shorting problem, or some other physical change to the board (which under normal circumstances isn't possible) has to be the cause.
[HTC Inspire 4G] chelseainspire:
Hello, I am what you would call a "noob" with rooting. I know I could have paid someone to root it, but being my cheap self I attempted myself. Unfortunately, I failed and after rooting my phone it still says s-ON and it will give me the option to select fastboot, recovery, ect. but if I click any of them it will get me to the white HTC screen and then the screen dims. Please help me. Would this be considered a soft brick?
[HTC Inspire 4G] cwhitney24:
Ugggg I feel like a broken record. Please go back to the hack kit thread, read all of the op, search the thread, read the instructions again, then re-read the op. Look for the link to attn1's irc chat. There you will find the help you seek.

I got your 10 char right here
[HTC Inspire 4G] MMM-BACONSTRIPS:
This tune sounds awfully familiar CW...I think I know this one :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] cwhitney24:
Lol yeah...wish others would hear this song...

I got your 10 char right here
[HTC Inspire 4G] Pirateghost:
Unfortunately, people hate reading. Give me fix now!
[HTC Inspire 4G] chelseainspire:
Thabks for the "help" I got some help from the irc
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
Perfect. Sense it was in the OP of the thread for the hack kit that should have been your first option. Glad you got it squared away.

Thread closed
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjrogers73:
The phone was rooted with unrevoked3 and It was S-off. I downloaded Kernel Manager and tried to flash 2.6.35.13-gingertiny-v2-111920112.zip. Well, something went wrong. It gave the 5 vibs on reboot. I tried to follow the instructions at pvillecomp's page, but I am stuck on fastboot part, it won't mount the sd card. It did turn on while I had it plugged to the computer, which is Linux Mint, and it looks as though it did a factory reset. I am at a loss on what to do, Oh yeah, in the boot menu, it is S-ON now. Any ideas on how I can get it to mount the sd card? Thanks in advance.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjrogers73:
Okay, I have been reading a lot, and it looks like I can't do "fastboot oem enableqxdm 0" while the phone is S-ON to mount either external card or internal storage. The phone works, just no SD Card or Internal phone storage, it says Phone memory "total space: 748 MB, and Available space: 659 MB". The SD card and internal storage say "Unavailable". So, basically I have a "half-bricked" phone. This really sucks. And since I don't know how exactly it happened, I don't know how to avoid it next time.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackbtha1:
Give this a try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1110865
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjrogers73:
Thanks Jack, that is one of the threads I already looked at, I can get it booted but I can't use fastboot because of S-On.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjrogers73:
Okay, I didn't read ALL of that thread, seems that you don't need S-Off to do this, all I need is z4 root, but when I tried to download it from the web with the android browser it said I need to mount the SD card to download. How can I download the apk without the SD card mounted?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackbtha1:
Did you you fix the SD Card issue first by doing this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695243
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjrogers73:
I have tried this but this part...

"SD Card Fix

Press & hold vol down and power on the phone

Select fastboot by pressing the power button

ADB commands

fastboot oem enableqxdm 0

fastboot reboot

That should fix your SD card not being detected."

...doesn't work, when I do the "fastboot oem enableqxdm 0" it says "waiting for device" and stays there, maybe my linux isn't set-up with the adk correctly?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjrogers73:
After messing with the phone some, I discovered that I still have root access and clockwork is still there, it did not do a factory reset, but I cannot get it to mount the internal or external sd. To get the phone to turn on I have to pull/replace battery, power+vol-, then go into fastboot, plug in the usb, then choose reboot, the phone will then boot up without the 5 vibes. The phone works as a phone, but that's about it. Anyone have any ideas?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjrogers73:
There seems to be nothing I can do to get this phone working right again. I was able to mount the external sd and flash the PB31IMG for froyo, it appeared to work, but still the 5 vibes, and now I can't even boot up with the usb cable attached like before, I think it's dead. I found a used dinc on ebay and bought it. I'll keep messing with the old one but at my level I don't know if I can resurrect it.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmlusco:
Have you tried this?

http://pvillecomp.com/?page_id=33
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjrogers73:
Yes, was able to mount the SD card with those instructions, but now it will not get past the 5 vibes.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] syairahhanis:
i rooted my phone and deleted the apps that i like.

1. memo

2. IM
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Ok so what are u asking?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] syairahhanis:
im looking for the stock apk files
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] duckfart:
Here is the MMS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gr8hairy1:
It may be that it's late, I'm super tired, and on some strong pain pills from surgery, but this conversation is cracking me up!

Tell me I'm not the only one laughing here!?

Sent from my páhhōniē
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] carrett:
It's pretty funny. Seriously though, why not just flash a stock ROM and get the APKs from such as adb? You can still go back to stock, and I even think you can avoid affecting the download mode custom ROM counter. So ill.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] the2rrell:
This thread has ALL the stock APKs in it. just download the file.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1382696
[TouchPad General] xsxn:
Like the topic title says: Is it possible to put sense on the TP?

I realy love to see a port of the sense skin on the touchpad. The skin is just the best around for android based devices.

Thanks.:D
[TouchPad General] Solidus_n313:
answered SOOOOOOO many times

yes, but good luck, its a VERY daunting task
[LG Optimus 3D] nic85:
can i use the app "system tuner" to increase sd cache size?how much i have to increase?
[LG Optimus 3D] tropbel:
2048 or 1024 are the best choice

try wich works better on your phone.

4 me with gb works better 2048, with froyo 1024

u can also use sd increase from market, free and light app
[LG Optimus 3D] nic85:
When i tweak the size, the sd card will be erased?
[LG Optimus 3D] tropbel:
absolutly not! ;)

u only change the cache size, nothing else is modified in your phone.

u open the apps, set the cache, a nd if u want mark run on boot.

i tri it with froyo roms. with gb roms (like thiaiz) there is a init.d script that change this value without any other app.

scusa.. il mio inglese fa cagare ;)
[LG Optimus 3D] nic85:
grazie ora provo ;)

ma si parla della sd interna no?

se non lo metto al boot devo ogni volta farlo manualmente immagino..

avevo letto di persone che l'avevano messo al boot e il telefono non bootava piu :eek:
[LG Optimus 3D] tropbel:
no, esterna.

cmq ho testato adesso sd increase e sembra ke nn tenga il valore impostato al riavvio..... :(

prova quale app funziona meglio. cmq nell'uso quotidiano nn cambia niente hai solo qualche punto in più nei benchmark.... ;)
[LG Optimus 3D] nic85:
ok,migliora solo la velocità di lettura della sd esterna che nel mio caso essendo classe 10 è gia di 21mb/s quindi non mi serve ;)
[LG Optimus 3D] tropbel:
are u sure? test it with antutu and u'll see the real r/w speed of your ext sd ;)

i have a 10 class too but when i tested with antutu the speed was different...

i suggest this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1359513

but no one seem interested.... :rolleyes:
[LG Optimus 3D] nic85:
i think antutu give wronge values

External SD write 20 read 14.3

write faster than read..impossible :D
[LG Optimus 3D] Tactics119:
2048 works best for me on the V21A.